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Finnish elevator manufacturer <a href="http://www.kone.com/corporate/en/Pages/default.aspx">KONE</a> has just announced a new <a href="http://inhabitat.com/elevator-b-is-a-gleaming-skyscraper-home-for-a-bee-colony-in-buffalo/" target="_blank">high-rise elevator</a> technology that could enable elevators to travel heights up to 1 kilometer-twice the distance that is currently feasible. UltraRope is an extremely light and strong elevator rope made from <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/carbon-fiber/" target="_blank">carbon fiber</a> that is not only stronger, but twice as durable as conventional steel rope.
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One of the technical issues with very tall buildings is the weight that elevator cables need to be able to support — the weight of a fully laden car can increase by around three times for every 500 meters it climes....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/revolutionary-lightweight-ultrarope-could-make-kilometer-high-elevators-possible/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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KONE UltraRope

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Finnish elevator manufacturer <a href="http://www.kone.com/corporate/en/Pages/default.aspx">KONE</a> has just announced a new <a href="http://inhabitat.com/elevator-b-is-a-gleaming-skyscraper-home-for-a-bee-colony-in-buffalo/" target="_blank">high-rise elevator</a> technology that could enable elevators to travel heights up to 1 kilometer-twice the distance that is currently feasible. UltraRope is an extremely light and strong elevator rope made from <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/carbon-fiber/" target="_blank">carbon fiber</a> that is not only stronger, but twice as durable as conventional steel rope.
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One of the technical issues with very tall buildings is the weight that elevator cables need to be able to support — the weight of a fully laden car can increase by around three times for every 500 meters it climes....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/revolutionary-lightweight-ultrarope-could-make-kilometer-high-elevators-possible/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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KONE UltraRope

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Finnish elevator manufacturer <a href="http://www.kone.com/corporate/en/Pages/default.aspx">KONE</a> has just announced a new <a href="http://inhabitat.com/elevator-b-is-a-gleaming-skyscraper-home-for-a-bee-colony-in-buffalo/" target="_blank">high-rise elevator</a> technology that could enable elevators to travel heights up to 1 kilometer-twice the distance that is currently feasible. UltraRope is an extremely light and strong elevator rope made from <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/carbon-fiber/" target="_blank">carbon fiber</a> that is not only stronger, but twice as durable as conventional steel rope.
<a href="http://assets.inhabitat.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2013/06/KONE-UltraRope-1.jpg"></a>
One of the technical issues with very tall buildings is the weight that elevator cables need to be able to support — the weight of a fully laden car can increase by around three times for every 500 meters it climes....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/revolutionary-lightweight-ultrarope-could-make-kilometer-high-elevators-possible/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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KONE UltraRope

Finnish elevator manufacturer KONE has just announced a new high-rise elevator technology that could enable elevators to travel heights up to 1 kilometer-twice the distance that is currently feasible. UltraRope is an extremely light and strong elevator rope made from carbon fiber that is not only stronger, but twice as durable as conventional steel rope.
One of the technical issues with very tall buildings is the weight that elevator cables need to be able to support — the weight of a fully laden car can increase by around three times for every 500 meters it climes....